January 24th, 2014 by Liberation

* Added a new overworld event for Valentines Day
* Extensive overhaul of the Renaissance Website &amp; Compendium
* New unified web search utility.
* Search for compendium articles, players, guilds and items in one search.
* Minor tweaks to the unattended verification system
* A small list of bugs were addressed

January 28th, 2014 by Chris

The next cA Animal event will be: MONGBATTLE!!!

It will be a bracketed fighting championship, only the strongest Mongbat wins!
Mongbats will be drawn at random, to fight to the death (no yielding).
There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3d places only.

Next Tournament on 2-14 at 11pm central (server) time.

February 7th, 2014 by Athena / Godric Greycliff

* Continued work on server performance to support our explanded playerbase
* Tweaks to Blade Spirit, Energy Vortex targeting, AI
* Final changes to the valentines event
* A small list of bugs were addressed

February 12th, 2013 by Samorite

Beginning on February 11th players can seek out cupids minions as they roam the land looking for the location of those guilty of the most heinous crime. Rumors are they are carrying a magical scroll that can summon cupid into the lands to rain down suffering on those who desecrated the altar of love.

Should players find this scroll and make it Cupids Lair near a prison buried in the mountains they can attempt to summon Cupids army themselves. But beware as they will not be happy to find filthy humans desecrating the altar of love.

Next Tournament on 2-28 at 11pm central (server) time.

February 21st, 2014 by Liberation

~ Server Maintenance ~
Notice: Our host site is experincing a hardware fault in their virtual cluster this weekend.
They are working quickly to resolve it but it could be a little while before it is repaired.
This has no effect on our data but could mean we have a short outage.
We will also be moving to our new dedicated server as soon as it is provisioned
The provisioning should be complete by 2-23-14.
Thank you for your patience while we get this resolved.

February 22nd, 2014 by Chris

On 2-23 at 6pm CST server time we will be migrating to a new host.
If you have trouble connecting during the migration just use the direct IP address.
76.74.249.219
Complete DNS propagation should be complete in 24-48 hours.
Play.uorenaissance.com and login.uorenaissance.com will continue work as before.

Thanks for being understanding during the migration process.
Our new dedicated server will allow UO:R to continue to thrive as a top UO free shard.

February 23rd, 2014 by Ningauble

Trinsic is under attack from legions of the undead!
The guards have been unable to stop the masses of undead attacking the town.
A Necromancer was seen raising corpses of fallen warriors from battles long past.
Take care when travelling in this area.

March 6th, 2014 by Samorite

Congratulations to the 4th player to complete the Pirate Ironman Challenge.Dalavar Mapmage
He successfully defeated the pirate bay, hidden treasure, pirate cave and pirate ship
dungeons, while using a single character and nothing more than a nightmare
for assistance.

March 6th, 2014 by Chris

A sailor just washed on the beach south of Britain severely wounded.
Before he expired he told an unbelievable tale of a treasure hunt gone wrong.
While using a fishing net to search the depthts a strange vortex was pulled up.
Before the pirates could determine the purpose of the vortex is began spewing
sea monsters that began laying waste to the pirate fleet.

Congratulations to the 1v1 tournament winners.
1st Place Roman
2nd Place Knoll
3rd Place Ghost Dog

Next Tournament on 3-14 at 9pm central (server) time.

March 7th, 2014 by Liberation

Hear ye! Hear ye!
A pirate armada has been sighted just outside Trinsic at Onion island
All free folks gather together for this threat to our realms
Join together to kill this evil pirate lord while he is still stuck.

March 8th, 2014 by Dragkhar

Congratulations to the 5th player to complete the Pirate Ironman Challenge.Tulip
He successfully defeated the pirate bay, hidden treasure, pirate cave and pirate ship
dungeons, while using a single character and nothing more than a nightmare
for assistance.

Next Tournament on 3-28 at 9pm central (server) time.

March 21st, 2014 by Athena

Congratulations to the 6th player to complete the Pirate Ironman Challenge.Biff Loman
He successfully defeated the pirate bay, hidden treasure, pirate cave and pirate ship
dungeons, while using a single character and nothing more than his bardic skills and trusty katana

Congrats to the winners of the Sprint

1st Place - Ilban and Dalavar
2nd Place - Les Claypool and Blaise
3rd Place - Milo and Mobolin

April 6th, 2014 by Vlar

Greetings, fellow Brittanians. I come to thee with a message of dire importance, and dire portents. As you may know, I tend to roam these lands alone, slaying beasts and hunting treasure only with my close family. But perhaps it is time that changes.
For there is a beast I have yet to slay, and he has shamed my family name. I call upon you to aid me in this quest, that you may earn riches and I may finally restore the honor of my ancestors.

April 6th, 2014 by Dalavar MapMage

Congratulations to the 7th player to complete the Pirate Ironman Challenge.Trust
He successfully defeated the pirate bay, hidden treasure, pirate cave and pirate ship
dungeons, while using a single character and nothing more than stealth, stealing, tracking and hiding

April 7th, 2014 by Ningauble

Welcome again to yet another Freesist (free resist) Training Session!
This is open to ALL players. Please leave your grudges at the door.
There will be gates provided to WBB, or just ask for a ride in IRC.
Delegates will be assigned for access over the course of the session which will run as long as there are targets to cast on and reagents in the box.

Travellers Beware!
Strange creatures have attacked the town of Skara Brae!
Leaving eggs and destruction in their wake.
Use extreme caution when in this area as the guards have abandoned their post.

April 19th, 2014 by Chris

Danger!
Trinsic has been invaded by strange sugary creatures!
Apparently drawn to town by a recent plague of Easter bunnies dropping eggs.
The town guards have fled the town while volunteer healers are stationed at the banks.
Exercise extreme caution in this area!

April 20th, 2014 by Chris

Congratulations to the 8th player to complete the Pirate Ironman Challenge.Melochabre
He successfully defeated the pirate bay, hidden treasure, pirate cave and pirate ship
dungeons, while using a single character and nothing more than lumberjacking, magery and swordsmanship

April 25th, 2014 by Chris

Congratulations to the 9th player to complete the Pirate Ironman Challenge.Dalavar Archmage
He successfully defeated the pirate bay, hidden treasure, pirate cave and pirate ship
dungeons, while using a single character and nothing more than his trust bow, magery and provocation

May 5th, 2014 by Vlar

The citizens of Stormhold and her allies barricaded themselves and their treasure deep within the recesses of their fortress and a mob of orc roleplayers, rogues, ruffians and even murderers beset them for nearly an hour before finally breaking through. Carving a path to the treasure room, and finally claiming most of the treasure, was Team Trammel lead by Mes. Twas a glorious battle and we hope to have more of these in the future!

Congratulations to the 1v1 tournament winners.
1st Place a newbie
2nd Place Science Jerklord
3rd Place Jacare

June 6th, 2014 by Liberation

"While bunking for the night at The Albatross inn you overhear a hushed conversation."

"Ever since that forsaken place has emerged we have had all sorts of warriors and rogues for hire come in search of fame and treasure", the man makes a gesture to pointing south, they gather down there near the Occlo docks, in search of some sodden eulogy.

"As for me, I will not go near that place! No sir!"

"I say let them search and good riddance. Them ruffians bring nothing but trouble and calamity if ya ask me!"

* Introducing a new way to mine!br>
* Harvest system updates!
* Continued work on instrument and weapon naming!
* New Ore Golem and Ore Golem Lord!
And much more! Patch 55 Details

July 8th, 2014 by Chris

During a recent mining excavation in the minoc mines and team of miners unearthed a strange abomination.
While investigating the creature and attempting to determine its origins a mass of the creatures arose from the mines.

Unable to be damaged by nothing other than the hardest weapons the creatures seemed immortal.
Eventually a brave band of warriors equipped with their strongest weapons were able to send the golems back into the metal from which they were spawned.

They are defeated for now . . But who knows which town will be next.

July 10th, 2014 by Chris

Think you are tough? Come prove it and become The Great Sosarian Wizard !

Players will enter a dueling pin with two vicious dragons. Each player will have a set amount of healing/cure regs and a set amount of potions!
Whoever lasts the longest will win the prize pool of 100k, second place will receive 50k!

Golems today attacked yet another town laying waste to the guards and townsfolk!

Thankfully quick action by a large group of players was able to drive back the menace.

July 12th, 2014 by Chris

Congratulations to the 10th player to complete the Pirate Ironman Challenge.Hazy successfully defeated the pirate bay, hidden treasure, pirate cave and pirate ship
dungeons, while using a single character and nothing more than his trusty fencing weapon, magery and provocation

July 15th, 2014 by Chris

Puzzles, riddles, and bones.
The villagers would soon be wanting answers as to why the human jerky and bones were appearing around their peaceful settlement.
Jupiter was not quite sure he could provide the answers they would want to hear. Honestly he wasn not sure if he wanted to admit by what means they were delivered . . . nor by whom.

He had hoped that the game of fox and hound he had started with Cestius Flavius had also ended with him being scorched in his contemptible cottage, but these bones and gestures bore all the same signs of this same hunter, if not somehow slightly muted. . . it was as
though they were from the same person as before yet somehow his will was being controlled. Continued. . .

July 22nd, 2014 by Jebidiah

Congratulations to the 11th player to complete the Pirate Ironman Challenge.Basoosh and her trusty nightmare, Stinky Britches, followed the trail of pirate riches from a waterside tavern, to an ancient lighthouse, through a secret cave, and finally through four treacherous decks of the Devils Doom, the pirate flagship.

July 28th, 2014 by Chris

Congratulations to Dalavar for being the first player to assemble a suit of the extremely rare Armor of the Phoenix.
Obtained by completing extremely rare blacksmithing bulk order deeds this suit of armor consists of the following;
- Ringmail Sleeves of the Phoenix
- Norse Helm of the Phoenix
- Ringmail Gloves of the Phoenix
- Ringmail Leggings of the Phoenix
- Ringmail Tunic of the Phoenix
- Studded Gorget of the Phoenix

August 21st 2014 by Chris

Players can now find detailed information on all types of armor in the compendium.
The following information can be found about any piece of armor.
- Strength Requirement
- Dex Less
- AR (Piece/Suit)
- Weight
- Chance to be Hit
- Exceptional and Material Properties

1st Place Team (Lumberjacking It) consisting of Taliic and Abraham Lincoln
2nd Place Team (Hype Train) consisting of Gideon Jura and Krake Vestahl

Special thanks to Halabinder for running the event and all the players who contributed to the prize pool.

November 8th, 2014 by Halabinder

Congrats to the winners of the Sprint
- Round One -
1st Place - Ezzenglade and Mr Brownstone
2nd Place - Moochowder and Nightshade
3rd Place - Pepper and Orvis
- Round Two -
1st Place - Temp
2nd Place - Pepper
3rd Place - Pill the Mack

November 14th, 2014 by Vlar

Congratulations to the winners of the Summoner Wars event hosted by Project Sanctuary!
1st Place Team 2v2 Match - Ezzenglade / Othniel
2nd Place Team 2v2 Match - Lando / Dycledarg
1st Place 1v1 Match - Dycledarg
2nd Place 1v1 Match - Geurrero
Winner of the Free For All Match - Ezzenglade
Special thanks to Krake Veshatl for organzing and running the event and Westra of Wispfelt for hosting.

December 10th, 2014 by Chris

Congratulations to the winners of the Friday Night Fights
1st Place - Pax Romain
2nd Place - Jack Bauer
3rd Place - Ezra Scarlet & Tenacious D
Special Thanks to Vlar and Stormhold for hosting the event.

December 12th, 2014 by Chris

What cold winter chill is borne this eve
To cast a frozen shadow upon the pond
Whose sapphire waters were ever warm.

Jupiter came to investigate and found a terrible surprise.
The essence of the Sapphire Maiden had been taken from the pond!
She was forcibly removed, the ice that was once the pristine water
Clearly bore the scars of a fierce resistance. The only clues left
Were some odd runic symbols, a star chart of sorts.continue reading. . .

Britain Attacked!
Hoards of Elves have attacked the town!
After a fierce battle many adventures rallied to the town and beat back the invasion!

December 19th, 2014 by Chris

After several scouting missions the elves have attacked en mass!
A fierce battle was waged in Britain before the elves were defeated.
As they retreated through their gate Lord British was able to lock it open.
While many brave warriors fell during the battle the adventures were able to defeat the elves across many hidden realms. The final battle with the commander was brutal and bloodied on both sides but eventually he was defeated.